The Coat of Arms’ Ceiling known as the "Ceiling of the Republicain Lorrain"
On March 6, 1968, during the works to enlarge the premises of the office of the "Républicain Lorrain" newspaper, in the building located at 12 rue des Clercs, two painted ceilings separated by a partition wall were unveiled.
A real armorial from the XIV Century expressing the political affinities of the owning family. This 66 m² work, exhibited in its entirety, was located in a richly decorated auditorium, with murals also deposited and presented at the Golden Court Museum. One of them represents a magnificent bird, the other a procession of crowned men advancing towards what remains of a fortified gate, probably Messin.
The coats of arms of the ceiling are remarkably layered in order to create a political map of the European and local entities. The presence of the Holy Empire, the kingdoms of France, England, Bohemia and Hungary, as well as the double papacy, with the weapons of Popes Clement VII and Urban V. Then came the prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire, some bishops and great clementist feudatories of the region, except those of Metz, all partisans of the Pope of Avignon. Finally, the coats of arms of the lords and many duchies more or less close to the city, such as those of Lorraine, Luxembourg, Burgundy, Brittany, but also the counties of Salm, Saarbrücken, Sarrewerden and Vaudémont.
A real armorial from the XIV Century expressing the political affinities of the owning family. This 66 m² work, exhibited in its entirety, was located in a richly decorated auditorium, with murals also deposited and presented at the Golden Court Museum. One of them represents a magnificent bird, the other a procession of crowned men advancing towards what remains of a fortified gate, probably Messin.
The coats of arms of the ceiling are remarkably layered in order to create a political map of the European and local entities. The presence of the Holy Empire, the kingdoms of France, England, Bohemia and Hungary, as well as the double papacy, with the weapons of Popes Clement VII and Urban V. Then came the prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire, some bishops and great clementist feudatories of the region, except those of Metz, all partisans of the Pope of Avignon. Finally, the coats of arms of the lords and many duchies more or less close to the city, such as those of Lorraine, Luxembourg, Burgundy, Brittany, but also the counties of Salm, Saarbrücken, Sarrewerden and Vaudémont.